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In 2014, Whitney Wolfe Herd launched Bumble as, “the only dating platform where women make the first move…” Today, Bumble has over 55 million users in 150 countries. As Whitney notes herself,…
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The world would be a different place today if we would find a way to really empower girls and women globally. It is the solution, and I'm definitely not the only person that thinks that.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
It hurts to be on the stage, and it can be scary, and it can be really, really gut-wrenching. But if deep down in your heart the problem you're trying to solve is something that is so important to you, that will erase the noise of the millions of voices in the arena.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Nobody will ever be an entrepreneur for the sake of being one. No successful entrepreneur ever woke up and was like, 'I want to be an entrepreneur...' Almost every successful entrepreneur woke-up and experienced or identified a problem they passionately and vigorously wanted to solve.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
I had this burning passion in me to prove to myself, and on behalf of other women, that if my voice was being stifled... and if I was being treated a certain way... that I had to stand up. What type of example would I set to other women and girls? I had to show that if you get knocked off the horse, you get right back up.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Credentials don't always define who someone is, or who they're going to be. The only way to engineer virality and make a product work is to understand the consumer, and that changes from city to city, from country to country.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
I had this burning passion in me to prove to myself, and on behalf of other women, that if my voice was being stifled... and if I was being treated a certain way... that I had to stand up. What type of example would I set to other women and girls? I had to show that if you get knocked off the horse, you get right back up.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Women were never in the driver's seat with dating. It always came down to the man to take the lead, to ask the girl... There was this playbook where the guy has the power, the girl is weak and fragile waiting to be saved by Prince Charming... and this is disempowering for both sides.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
The only way to engineer virality and make a product work is to understand the consumer, and that changes from city to city, from country to country.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
Credentials don't always define who someone is, or who they're going to be.
— Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder and CEO of dating app Bumble, feminist entrepreneur
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